ShopFlick

Today we opened the Shopflick beta to our friends and family for feedback.   Its just a beginning, but already we are serving a vibrant, growing  community of indie designers, artists, craftsman, entrepreneurs and merchants, all showing themselves and their products with the amazing video created by our network of young filmmakers.   They come from New York, LA, Chicago, Lynchburg, Virginia — and soon from all over the country.

I asked the staff to recall some of their “a-ha” Shopflick experiences leading up to this moment.  What I got back was genuine and inspirational.   Two examples:   

Shea, our Finance Administrator, tells me “I feel so connected to our customers…When I get an invoice, I know it isn’t just names and numbers on a piece of paper. That invoice is shorthand for a story that began in the imagination of an eco-friendly designer in Los Angeles…or in the hands of a furniture maker in SoHo.”  

Courtney, our Manager of Merchandising and Trends, says about John Robertson, the first artist to sign up to sell on Shopflick: “John has always amazed me…his work is political, thoughtful, and unique…John took it upon himself to start producing short videos of himself speaking about his work on YouTube, and told me Shopflick is the community he was always looking for.”          

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We can’t wait to accommodate the sellers and users that are signing up.  That said, Shopflick is a new experience and we recognize the work ahead of us needed to get it right.   We are committed to  continually evolving what we’ve started, improving existing features and adding new ones on a monthly basis — and to letting you know through our blog exactly where we stand.  More than anything, we need your feedback and comments; there is no better way to identify what works and what doesn’t. So please, sign up for the beta, get involved and help us build the world’s best community of indie sellers. 

In our next post, Dan Strauss, our head of  Product Development, will talk about where we are headed on features and functions, so stay tuned.  

Dave Grant, Shopflick Co-Founder and CEO